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Looking good there, Mazinger Z! It is amazing how timeless Go Nagai’s original design has proven to be. It has been more than 30 years since Mazinger Z’s debut and it still looks set to kick Dr Hell right back into hell.

The other piece of news is reproduced from the Mazinger Z section of Tamashii Nations, which seems to be the official site for Soul of Chogokin figures. The big surprise? Its in English! Go read it for yourself, but I will just zoom in on a single paragraph:

“About those “all new attacks and weapons,” they’re still under wraps so I can’t say anything just yet. I will share this: Takenobu Terada, producer of the Super Robot Wars game series, always said to me “Mazinger needs a full-screen clearing weapon of his own!” The time has come for his dream to become a reality.”

I literally laughed like a madman when I read that. Mazinger Z with a map-clearing weapon? Terada was not the only one dreaming here, and he certainly will not be the only one having his dream turned into reality.

The 4th of April draws ever nearer, and I feel the hot blood within me pound faster as the date approaches. More Super Robot songs sang by Aniki were played on my MP3 player, and I found myself rewatching episodes of Mazinkaiser just to reaquaint myself with how a Super Robot, a Mazinger, fights and wins. Leave Kira, Shin, Setsuna and all the emo-powered Gundam duels behind, people. Kabuto Kouji and Mazinger Z will show you how it must be done.

This is Julius Firefocht, signing off.

P.S: I just finished writing this article when Nana’s Brave Phoenix started up on my player. You know what would be awesome? Nana singing an insert song for Shin Mazinger. It’s probably never going to happen, but hey, Mazinger Z is already getting a map-clearing weapon, so you never know!